Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-20

NtHed fuAurlVusv nnu TAPthStsv'y,
but in the best Of taste. A charming
| family makes his home life exceedingly
pleasant One Of Yuengling's special
ties is fine dinner party. These din
ner parties, singular as It may seem.
are given in his brewery. A portionof
the immense building Is set oil for the
use OF his friends. II contains parlors
and bedrooms, and dining-hail
Of rare beauty and design. The
ranges are near the roof. and Yuengling
himself superintends the cooking. HE'S
often seen wearing white cap and
swathed in white apron, performing
the duties of chcf dc cuisine. HIS
oyster-pattics are acknowledged to be
| the best in the city, and his terapin
stevs would make John Chamberlin's
"aunty" turn pale with envy. The
parlor OF the brewery is furnished with
quaint but royal magnifcence. The
walls are adorned with old armor and
costly paintings. A dozen musical in
struments, including pianoforte,
violin, banjo, and guitar, are there
They are played by the virtuosos who
attend the dinners. They frequently
play accompaniments to Larry Jerome's
negro songs and to Charles Stefling's
breakdowns. Near the parlor is magni-
flcent Turkish bath made Of marble. Its
gorceousness recalls the tales of the
"Arabian Nights" II contains
! plunge-bath, in which the water can be
| heated to any temperature desired.
! Yuengling's entertainments are made
extremely appetizing by custom pre-
ceding the announcement OF dinner.
The guests are assembled in plainly
decorated anteroom. The floors are
waxed and the wainscoats and ceilings
are of hard woods. Kegs fresh from
the cool depths of the brewery are
ranged on bench at the southern end
of the room. Goblets of foaming beer
are drawn and passed to the guests
without stint They are always drawn
from special brewing. Many OF
the visitors gather around tank in an
angle of the apartment 1t is filled
with water and divided into two parts
by fine wire-screen. In one section
five-pound black bass steadies him
self with finny alertness and intently
watches the gudgeons on the other side
of the screen. Occasionally visitor
scoops up hapless "minnie " with
net and drops him over the line. Then
there is rush and swirling of water
and the spray is dashed into the eyes
Of the beholders. In ten seconds the
little fish has disappeared and the bass
has resumed his old position, awaiting
the next victim.
The dinners in this brewery are alb
solately beyond reproach. The flow OF
wit, song, and beer is unceasing. The
brightest fellows on the continent have
been Yuenglings guests. and none but
bright fellow is ever found at the ia
BILE. Yuengling's hospitality, however,
does not stop at his brewery. He has
a lodge in the Adirondacks, an ancestral
estate in Pennsylvania, and baronial
mansion in Virginia, where his friends
are periodically invited to angle for
trout, shoot deer, and pipe calls for
wild turkeys.
Yuengling enjoys Life 10y enjoying its
enjoyments, and the greatest of these
enjoyments in his eyes is the enjoy
ment of friends. This makes him what
he has often been called, "the happiest
rich man in the city of New York"
OGLEsBY's CELEBRATED SPEECH.
There are a great many after-dinner
speakers in New York and there is
an infinite variety in the style of orato-
nv, but no man in this town ever APP
preached, even in remote degree, the
manner Of Governor Oglesby, of Hi
nois. He was revelation to the diners
of the Republican Club at their big
dinner the other night at Delmonico's.
He has smooth-shayen, highly-colored
face, is of impressive physique, and his
cheeks puff far out beyond his big spec
tacles. When he began his manner
was diffident, and he seemed to have
| difficulty in choosing his words, but
after he had worked into the swing OF
his speech his excitement arose with
the occasion, his face assumed rose
ate hue, and he began to roar with
voice that would have struck terror to
wildcat blizzard. He cleared the
plates away from the table in front of
him for q distance of several feet on
either side, and strobe up and down,
twisting his body around and thump-
ing the table with his big fists with
vim that made the glassware ring.
When he announced that with a ticket
headed by respectable men they could
"beat all hell and the Democratic par
ty," he hit the table clip that caused
the Alsatian walters in the background
to turn pale with apprehension.
Isioubt if more striking contrast
to Governor Oglesby could be found
among the after-dinner speakers OF the
world than the man who sat on his
right. Chauncey Depew, who has
gained so much fame as an after-dinner
speaker, is neither eloquent nor noisy.
He usually stands easily, with one hand
resting on his hip, and makes his points
with the deliberation and care OF the
comedian of a stock company. He
has the brightest eye in the world for
man of his age, and just before he
comes TO the point of any of his hui
morous stories his eye takes on queer
CLEAN that warns his hearers of what is
coming. Hence, half the time the
laughter begins long before Mr.. Depew
has reached the joke.
A speaker who is invariably spoken
of as eloquent is Colonel John r. Eel
lows. He has the fire of an Oglesby.
with the refinement of a Depew, and
when he has once started in on one Of
his favorite subjects" The Ladies, !"
for instance, or "Women," according
to the fancy of the toastmaster-he
rushes through with an impetuosity that
carries everything before him.
HOW HE MOVED THEM.
Everybody is talking about the Re
publican Club, and apparently the talk
is never to end. The papers say a good
deal about the triumph of Foraker, but
the sensation of the night was undoubt-
edly the vigorous Oglesby. His speech
might have been called a triumphal
march, for when he started to the right
in his trip along the table during his
speech he first encountered Mr.. Depew.
Governor Oglesby waved his arms
around Mr.. Depew's head and pounded
around that gentleman's plate until the
bigrailroad magnate moved back to give